GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 months agoRoyal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkRoyal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’www.theguardian.comGreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months ago embarrassing blunder that the defence secretary, Grant Shapps, insisted did not reflect incompetence. “HMS Chiddingfold’s motor was wired incorrectly and full ahead gave full astern,” a navy insider said Well Shapps, that sounds like incompetence to me
minus-squareShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoFr, I know 1984 comparisons elicit eyerolls at this point, and for good reason, but come on. “We’re not incompetent, we’re simply incompetent.”
minus-squareTWeaK@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoI think the mistake itself doesn’t necessarily point to incompetence, however the fact that it wasn’t properly tested and verified does.
Well Shapps, that sounds like incompetence to me
Fr, I know 1984 comparisons elicit eyerolls at this point, and for good reason, but come on. “We’re not incompetent, we’re simply incompetent.”
I think the mistake itself doesn’t necessarily point to incompetence, however the fact that it wasn’t properly tested and verified does.